FPWA’s NYC Funds Tracker monitors New York City’s revenue and the flow to budget expenditures.

• Civic data
• Data visualization
• Government transparency

The NYC Smart City Testbed Program is inspiring innovation within City government by streamlining and accelerating the citywide process for piloting emerging technologies.

• cities

• Govtech
• Emerging tech
• Hardware

Nym protects communication patterns, IP addresses and metadata for end-users, enterprise and infrastructure operators

• Digital security and privacy

NYC Street Map is an ongoing effort to digitize official street records, bring them together with other street information, and make them easily accessible to the public.

• cities

• Civic data
• Civic maps
• Open government data

Welcome to NYC Government’s home for filing Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) requests.

• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Freedom of Information

Real-time flood sensors were developed by the FloodSense project at NYU and the CUNY Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC), with a goal of providing information on the presence, frequency, and depth of hyperlocal street-level flood events to a range of stakeholders, including policymakers, government agencies, citizens, emergency response teams, community advocacy groups, and researchers.

• floods

• Civic maps

Using data + social science to support communities' efforts to improve equity and efficiency in public safety outcomes

• Peace, justice, and strong institutions
• criminal justice
• racial equity

• Research and policy centers
• Academia
• Justice tech

On the Open Data Project Gallery, you can find examples of open data in action and gain inspiration for projects of your own. See how NYC Open Data is used by activists to advocate for change, by entrepreneurs to develop products, by teachers to build analytics skills in the classroom, by government agencies to make data more accessible, and much more.

• Civic data
• Data visualization
• Civic tech catalogs

Cybersecurity for Democracy is a research-based effort to expose online threats to our social fabric – and recommend how to counter them. We are part of the Center for Cybersecurity at NYU.

• Research and policy centers
• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity

Low cost, mobile air quality and other environmental sensors installed on City vehicles. The City Scanner is a low-cost alternative to traditional methods of collecting environmental data. The sensor attaches to the roof of vehicles and collects detailed data at a more geographic level than traditional fixed-position sensors. The City Scanner sensors capture data related to environmental conditions including air quality (particulate matter 1, 2.5, and 10), temperature, humidity, and road conditions in New York City. The solar-powered sensors are removable and do not permanently alter vehicles.

• air quality
• cities

• Smart Cities and sensors

A space to enhance civic participation, promote civic trust, and strengthen democracy in New York City

• Decidim

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Participatory budgeting

NYCommons helps New Yorkers impact decisions about public land and buildings in their neighborhoods. It is a collaboration between Common Cause/NY, the Community Development Project at the Urban Justice Center, and 596 Acres.

• land

• Civic maps

The Mayor’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer has developed the NYC Internet of Things Strategy in order to support a healthy cross-sector IoT ecosystem in New York City – one that is productive, responsible, and fair.

• Smart Cities and sensors

A 2-week virtual conference for early and mid-career faculty who seek to accelerate their work in public interest technology

• Research and policy centers
• Conferences
• Academia

Civic Service Design refers to the practice of creating, better understanding, and improving upon programs at any stage; we use “civic service design” to mean applying the tools and methods of service design to government-run or funded programs.

• Playbooks and design principles
• Design

New York City is launching the second cohort of its NYC[x] Innovation Fellows program to expand on this successful collaboration, embedding small teams of technologists with City agencies to rapidly solve specific challenges through the use of best practices in digital service delivery.

• cities

• Fellowships
• Pro bono and volunteer

The Mayor's Office of Data Analytics (MODA) works with City agencies and their data to help serve New Yorkers more equitably and effectively.

• Govtech
• Civic data

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to reporting on algorithmic tools used by city agencies

• Govtech
• Algorithmic transparency
• Civic tech legislation and policy

Open Data is free public data published by New York City agencies and other partners. Share your work during Open Data Week 2021 or sign up for the NYC Open Data mailing list to learn about training opportunities and upcoming events.

• Govtech

NYC Mesh is a physical network of interconnected routers and a group of enthusiasts working to support the expansion of the project as a freely accessible, open, wireless community network.

• Listservs, forums, and Slacks

• Media

A mesh network for NYC

• Connectivity

The commission shall publish annually a directory of the computerized information produced or maintained by city agencies which is required by law to be publicly accessible.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Predecessors

• Adjacent Fields
• Foundational layers
• Connectivity

HUMAN-CENTERED TOOLS TO ADVANCE NEW YORKERS' MENTAL HEALTH

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Organize campaigns

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

Fellows will work closely with PRU staff to support multiple research projects including statistical data analysis and monitoring the poverty reduction effects of the city’s anti-poverty initiatives.

• No poverty

• The People
• Civic data
• Fellowships

Our mission is to deliver user-centered technology solutions that simplify access to City services and drive innovation.

• Govtech
• Innovation teams and labs
• Open innovation

• The People
• Build something
• Civic hackathons

Read about how the other side thinks. We have collected political writing from around the web and across ideologies.

• The Tech
• Media
• Filter bubble poppers

How emerging technologies are applied to journalism

• The Tech
• Media
• Emerging tech

Join us as we transform the digital experience for all New Yorkers and create a more equitable city.

• The People
• Build something
• Playbooks and design principles

A now deprecated glossary of tech terms from the Mayor's CTO office

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Glossaries

• The People
• Civic data
• Meet the others

• Watchdogging and transparency

NYC Digital Safety: Privacy & Security is a partnership between New York City’s three library systems and METRO, a library resources council serving NYC and Westchester County. With support from the City of New York Mayor’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer, the project will ensure that NYC residents can rely on public libraries for their questions about internet privacy and security.

• libraries

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity

Create modern web applications that evaluate household data against eligibility rules for 31 different City, State, and Federal benefits programs (including SNAP, Cash Assistance, WIC, HEAP, and more).

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

The New York Times beta Android app appears to be experimenting with a GoFundMe link to help readers touched by a story give back. Newspapers have run fundraising drives for local residents for years,...

• The Tech
• Media
• Solutions journalism

NYC Planning Labs builds open, impactful, modern technology tools for urban planners

• The People
• Build something
• Innovation teams and labs

Nyaaya’s platform provides comprehensive information on various legal topics in an accessible and simple language,covering aspects of the law that the public interact with in their daily lives.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

the City’s first public-private NYC Blockchain Center

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Blockchain

Propose bold ideas that solve for real urban needs, improve the way we live, support a thriving economy, and create good-paying jobs.

• The People
• Build something
• Innovation teams and labs

• The People
• Build something
• Playbooks and design principles

TLC Data Hub offers users a new and convenient location to access and visualize taxi and for hire industry data.

• mobility

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

NYC Trees Count Data Jam

• The People
• Build something
• Civic hackathons

The New York State Senate's bill alerts makes it easy for you to stay up-to-date on the bills that are important to you in the New York State Legislature. Subscribers receive timely email notifications for important milestones in the lifecycle of a bill.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

It is an opportunity to engage New Yorkers in the information that is produced and used by City government.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Holidays